It was a poignant moment on Sunday night when Neeraj Chopra and PT Usha, two of the best representatives of India in the global athletic community, received the baton as the hosts of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. A back-to-back fourth place in final medals tally ensures that the country has the potential to […]
It’s nice to touch base on this personal space after more than a year. The blog had remained idle largely due to other commitments – but to be honest – often due to plain laziness to open the laptop to churn out more words beyond the call of the profession. Finally, on the stroke of […]
It’s been more than three months since I last posted on my blog, blame it somewhat on my professional commitments and also a bit of can-always-do-it-tomorrow syndrome. All along, I thought of writing something on Mrinal Sen the auteur as this year is his birth centenary – but eventually gave up the idea as an […]
It’s that time of the year again. When Gujarat Lions, the surprise champions on debut last year, take on the much decorated Chennai Super Kings to set the ball rolling for the 16th edition of IPL next Friday (March 31), the match will be valued at a staggering $ 13.7 million. A figure, which is […]
A sports conclave, more often than not, is not exactly known for plain-speaking. But when Vinesh Phogat, the decorated Indian wrestler in the eye of the storm, says that she has put her career and life on the line by speaking against a ‘powerful person’ (read: the president of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhusan […]
There is something right about the way Vedaant Madhavan, the upcoming Indian swimmer and the son of Tamil screen idol R. Madhavan, has been brought up. He gets excited like any other 17-year-old about the ‘new kits and shoes’ which the Khelo India Youth Games provides but is also focused about his goal – that […]
It’s been a couple of days since Tulsidas Balaram, the last member of the Holy Trinity of Indian football (PK-Chuni-Balaram), passed away at Uttarpara – a suburban town some kilometres away from Kolkata. Away from the public gaze, much as the reclusive legend would have liked, while his body was not taken to the East […]
At an era when the seeming endless bi-lateral international cricket fixtures clog the mind, so much so that even some standout performances fail to stand the test of time, Shubman Gill’s 208 is likely to stay alive in the memory for quite a while. The social media had been gushing about his effort since Wednesday […]
A job vacancy ad in LinkedIn caught my attention the other day. Arabian Business, a Dubai-based business website, is looking for ‘Ronaldo correspondent’ to track the activities of CR7 as he moved to Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr for a record fee of $ 214 million (173m pounds approximately) per annum this week. Well, when football’s […]
It’s not easy to step into Feluda’s shoes on the silver screen, the role of the iconic Bengali sleuth created by Satyajit Ray. Indraneil Sengupta, possibly the last of the viable options left in the regional industry, must be realising it the hard way despite trying his best in Hatyapuri (House of Murder) – the […]
